Hi Maureen, from The Times, Saturday, Jun 08,1878 "Emigration to Queensland. - The ship Rodell Bay sailed from the Tail of the Bank, Greenock, on Thursday, bound for Brisbane, and having on board the following number of immigrants - viz., 47 married men, 47 married women, 70 children between ages of 1 and 12, and 16 infants, making a total of 360 souls The Times Friday, Sept 13, 1878 Emigration to Queensland, The agent-General for Queensland has been advised by telegram that the following vessels conveying emigrants to Queensland have safely arrived "Rodell Bay" arrived at Queensland, from Glasgow. >> I am interested in the ports of departure for the Rodell Bay, 1878 to >> Moreton Bay. A very kind lister has informed me that the Rodell Bay >> departed >> Greenock on 6 June 1878 for Moreton Bay. >> >> I have several ancestors on this ship (McNally's) that lived in >> Fermanagh, >> Ireland prior to migration. Was it common for the Irish to travel to a >> Scottish port such as Greenock to travel to Australia, or did the Rodell >> Bay >> also dock in Ireland or England to collect them? They probably would have made their way to Greenock. More than likely by coastal steamer. Quite a few from Ireland, also departed from Liverpool, as did my Great Grandmother. Kind regards, Lynne. Sydney, AUSTRALIA.

Lynne, thanks so much for replying. That's exactly what I was after. If it left Liverpool also, then there could have been many Irish boarding from there. Maureen. >From: "Lynne Radford" <lynne_r@tpg.com.au> >Reply-To: aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com >To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Rodell Bay, 1878, to Moreton Bay >Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:23:10 +1000 > >Hi Maureen, > >from >The Times, Saturday, Jun 08,1878 >"Emigration to Queensland. - The ship Rodell Bay sailed from the Tail of >the >Bank, Greenock, on Thursday, bound for Brisbane, and having on board the >following number of immigrants - viz., 47 married men, 47 married women, 70 >children between ages of 1 and 12, and 16 infants, making a total of 360 >souls > >The Times Friday, Sept 13, 1878 >Emigration to Queensland, The agent-General for Queensland has been advised >by telegram that the following vessels conveying emigrants to Queensland >have safely arrived >"Rodell Bay" arrived at Queensland, from Glasgow. > > >> I am interested in the ports of departure for the Rodell Bay, 1878 to > >> Moreton Bay. A very kind lister has informed me that the Rodell Bay > >> departed > >> Greenock on 6 June 1878 for Moreton Bay. > >> > >> I have several ancestors on this ship (McNally's) that lived in > >> Fermanagh, > >> Ireland prior to migration. Was it common for the Irish to travel to a > >> Scottish port such as Greenock to travel to Australia, or did the >Rodell > >> Bay > >> also dock in Ireland or England to collect them? >They probably would have made their way to Greenock. More than likely by >coastal steamer. > >Quite a few from Ireland, also departed from Liverpool, as did my Great >Grandmother. > >Kind regards, >Lynne. Sydney, AUSTRALIA. > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: 1000s of Sexy Singles online now at Lavalife - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D27782&_t=762229680&_r=lavalife_apr07_1000sexysingles&_m=EXT